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Product Information on Carbon Black App Control

Updated 13th October 2025

What is Carbon Black App Control?

Carbon Black App Control is a software designed to provide application whitelisting and endpoint protection by allowing organizations to control which applications are permitted to run on their systems. The software enables centralized management and monitoring of executable files and scripts, helping reduce the attack surface by enforcing strict policies on software execution. Carbon Black App Control addresses the business problem of unauthorized software installations and potential malicious activity by ensuring that only approved applications run on endpoints, thereby supporting compliance requirements and contributing to overall security posture. The software features real-time visibility into application usage and change control, helping organizations efficiently prevent unwanted changes and maintain system integrity.

Carbon Black App Control Pricing

Carbon Black App Control software uses a subscription-based pricing model which typically varies based on the number of endpoints and the length of the subscription term. Pricing for this software may also be influenced by deployment options and additional features required by the organization.

Overall experience with Carbon Black App Control

APPLICATION SPECIALIST
250M - 500M USD, Transportation
FAVORABLE

“Effective App Control System With Great Support”

5.0
Aug 27, 2025
Great product with lots of coverage across all systems, but has some pain points with certain applications.
IT SECURITY & RISK MANAGEMENT ASSOCIATE
1B - 3B USD, Finance (non-banking)
CRITICAL

“App white/blacklisting - great product, but in a dying product suite”

3.0
May 24, 2023
Carbon Black is an incredible app whitelisting/blacklisting product, but it can be difficult to maintain all of the lists you need to block what you want, allow what you want and also keep these as short as possible across a larger sized organization. But we spend a ton of time on whitelisting and working with users, very time consuming, and it only catches files, not things in memory.

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Carbon Black App Control

byBroadcom
in IT Security
4.5

About Company

Company Description

Updated 24th April 2024

Broadcom Inc. is a global entity focusing on the design, development, and supply of semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions. Through these operations, the firm addresses the primary issue of providing efficient top-notch technology-based solutions.

Company Details

Updated 26th February 2025
Company type
Public
Year Founded
1960
Head office location
San Jose, United States
Number of employees
10001+
Website
http://www.broadcom.com

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Reviewer Insights for: Carbon Black App Control
Deciding Factors: Carbon Black App Control Vs. Market Average

Carbon Black App Control Likes & Dislikes

Like

Works well with many applications, does not hinder workstation performance & Support team is great.

Like

App whitelisting is an amazing way to ensure security on your computers - great idea, but very manual process.

Like

The file integrity monitoring is very advanced, it detects and will then block all unauthorized file changes. This feature allows you to pin point what is being changed and therefore creates an alert and blocks the change on the spot.

Dislike

Can be an issue with certain applications, causing them to crash. Can take time to troubleshoot issues. Sometimes need to bypass applications completely, leaving you feeling like the system is less secure.

Dislike

1) the ton of time it takes to service users request for a large enterprise company. 2) all of the exceptions for app developers. 3) the old and outdated UI 4) lack of trust in company due to them not seeming like they have any kind of development plan for the product.

Dislike

The cost of the product can be quite high versus other competitors. The whitelisting process is quite time consuming and if not done properly can cause many false positives. Finally, it has an outdated interface.

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  • APPLICATION SPECIALIST
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Effective App Control System With Great Support

    5.0
    Aug 27, 2025
    Great product with lots of coverage across all systems, but has some pain points with certain applications.
  • DIRECTOR OF TRAINING AND AWARENESS
    50M-1B USD
    Transportation
    Review Source

    Seamless Compliance and Protection Faces Drawbacks From Price and Inefficient Whitelisting

    4.0
    Jul 8, 2025
    The overall experience is seamless, easy to deploy and very effective in blocking unauthorized changes. It has a positive security model feature, meaning all allowed software can run without issue, but all disallowed software is denied by default.
  • TECHNICAL SPECIALIST
    50M-1B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    One of the Best application Security

    5.0
    Feb 13, 2025
    We have been using this product in our environment for the last 4 years to help secure our advanced application security. They provide security for every executable file means no any new file he execute until they are allowed in Bit9 application.
  • DATA AND ANALYTICS MANAGER
    <50M USD
    Healthcare and Biotech
    Review Source

    Very good product but can improve

    5.0
    Nov 21, 2023
    Is a very good tool which brings capabilities no other tool have for many Windows OS that are not in support anymore
  • VP, Project Management
    1B-10B USD
    IT Services
    Review Source

    Best Whitelisting Platform Available

    5.0
    Nov 6, 2023
    App Control was a challenge to install on Air-gapped system
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4.5

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Rating Distribution

5 Star
54%
4 Star
39%
3 Star
7%
2 Star
1%
1 Star
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Customer Experience

Evaluation & Contracting

4.5

Integration & Deployment

4.4

Service & Support

4.4

Product Capabilities

4.6